Croatians. Albanians. Syrians and Armenians. came to work in the new land to which a $12 steerage ticket gave them entry. They helped to open what was left of the continent. they flowed as workers and consumers into the shops and mills and factories of the cities. the mines and logging camps and oilfields of the exploding West. The film goes on to show that in times of crisis our doors are still open and newcomers continue to move in. The great migration Is over. but this does not mean that the American journey is complete. To survive. we must face the challenges which are greater than other generations of Americans have faced in the past. In pointing out that it is for us to extend the discoveries of the immigrants. whose past is our past. to continue their long and painful struggle for dignity and freedom. the film serves as an introduction to the next section of the exhibition. As he emerges from the theater. the fairgoer enters an exhibition area entitled: "The Challenges: Today." Here an imaginative attempt is made to define and demonstrate through the use of threedimensional objects some of the major challenges and issues which face the American people today. Divided into two major headings. "Challenges to Freedom" and "Challenges to Peace." the exhibits deal with such challenges as those of equal rights. democracy. learning. growth. social concern. creativity. discovery. and such international challenges as those of the free world. the population explosion. the developing nations. arms control. our world community. and the discovery of space.
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